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quarto, one page, on a folding letter sheet, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, in good, clean, and legible condition.Jack writes his wife that he will be detained in Washington sometime, and excoriates his Whig colleagues:
"My Dear Wife,
I would have wrote you on Sunday agreeable to my promise but was very unwell… I have been in the House all day - & am about as well as usual I wrote Sidney last evening & least you might be uneasy – have concluded to give you assurance of my being very well –
When we may adjourn I am not able to say – it may take place in a few days which I wish very much – yet the prospect is we may be detained for three weeks yet. We are at the mercy of the Whigs and have to submit to whatever course they may direct. Every democrat wishes an adjournment & would willingly vote the same to take place tomorrow. The Whigs have yet much wickedness to put in practice. The doings of this Congress will be distinguished for many… Read More